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4. A. Snigirev, I. Snigireva, V. Kohn, S. Kuznetsov, and I. Schelokov, “On the possibility of x-ray phase contrast microimaging by coherent high-energy synchrotron radiation,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.66(12), 5486–5492 (1995). [CrossRef]
5. S. W. Wilkins, T. E. Gureyev, D. Gao, A. Pogany, and A. W. Stevenson, “Phase-contrast imaging using polychromatic hard X-rays,” Nature384(6607), 335–338 (1996). [CrossRef]
6. E. Förster, K. Goetz, and P. Zaumseil, “Double crystal diffractometry for the characterization of targets for laser fusion experiments,” Krist. Tech.15(8), 937–945 (1980). [CrossRef]
7. D. Chapman, W. Thomlinson, R. E. Johnston, D. Washburn, E. Pisano, N. Gmur, Z. Zhong, R. Menk, F. Arfelli, and D. Sayers, “Diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging,” Phys. Med. Biol.42(11), 2015–2025 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
8. A. Bravin, “Exploiting the X-ray refraction contrast with an analyser: the state of the art,” J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.36(10A), A24–A29 (2003). [CrossRef]
9. C. David, B. Nöhammer, H. Solak, and E. Ziegler, “Differential X-ray phase contrast imaging using a shearing interferometer,” Appl. Phys. Lett.81(17), 3287–3289 (2002). [CrossRef]
10. T. Weitkamp, A. Diaz, C. David, F. Pfeiffer, M. Stampanoni, P. Cloetens, and E. Ziegler, “X-ray phase imaging with a grating interferometer,” Opt. Express13(16), 6296–6304 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
11. F. Pfeiffer, T. Weitkamp, O. Bunk, and C. David, “Phase retrieval and differential phase-contrast imaging with low-brilliance X-ray sources,” Nat. Phys.2(4), 258–261 (2006). [CrossRef]
12. A. Olivo, K. Ignatyev, P. R. T. Munro, and R. D. Speller, “Noninterferometric phase-contrast images obtained with incoherent x-ray sources,” Appl. Opt.50(12), 1765–1769 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
13. E. Castelli, M. Tonutti, F. Arfelli, R. Longo, E. Quaia, L. Rigon, D. Sanabor, F. Zanconati, D. Dreossi, A. Abrami, E. Quai, P. Bregant, K. Casarin, V. Chenda, R. H. Menk, T. Rokvic, A. Vascotto, G. Tromba, and M. A. Cova, “Mammography with synchrotron radiation: first clinical experience with phase-detection technique,” Radiology259(3), 684–694 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
14. P. Coan, F. Bamberg, P. C. Diemoz, A. Bravin, K. Timpert, E. Mützel, J. G. Raya, S. Adam-Neumair, M. F. Reiser, and C. Glaser, “Characterization of osteoarthritic and normal human patella cartilage by computed tomography X-ray phase-contrast imaging: a feasibility study,” Invest. Radiol.45(7), 437–444 (2010). [PubMed]
15. G. Schulz, T. Weitkamp, I. Zanette, F. Pfeiffer, F. Beckmann, C. David, S. Rutishauser, E. Reznikova, and B. Mueller, “High-resolution tomographic imaging of a human cerebellum: comparison of absorption and grating-based phase contrast,” J. R. Soc. Interface7(53), 1665–1676 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
16. E. Pagot, S. Fiedler, P. Cloetens, A. Bravin, P. Coan, K. Fezzaa, J. Baruchel, J. Härtwig, K. von Smitten, M. Leidenius, M. L. Karjalainen-Lindsberg, and J. Keyriläinen, “Quantitative comparison between two phase contrast techniques: diffraction enhanced imaging and phase propagation imaging,” Phys. Med. Biol.50(4), 709–724 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
17. M. R. Teague, “Irradiance moments - their propagation and use for unique retrieval of phase,” J. Opt. Soc. Am.72(9), 1199–1209 (1982). [CrossRef]
18. T. E. Gureyev, Y. I. Nesterets, A. W. Stevenson, P. R. Miller, A. Pogany, and S. W. Wilkins, “Some simple rules for contrast, signal-to-noise and resolution in in-line x-ray phase-contrast imaging,” Opt. Express16(5), 3223–3241 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
19. P. Coan, E. Pagot, S. Fiedler, P. Cloetens, J. Baruchel, and A. Bravin, “Phase-contrast X-ray imaging combining free space propagation and Bragg diffraction,” J. Synchrotron Radiat.12(2), 241–245 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
20. Y. I. Nesterets, P. Coan, T. E. Gureyev, A. Bravin, P. Cloetens, and S. W. Wilkins, “On qualitative and quantitative analysis in analyser-based imaging,” Acta Crystallogr. A62(4), 296–308 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
21. T. E. Gureyev and S. W. Wilkins, “Regimes of X-ray phase-contrast imaging with perfect crystals,” Nuovo Cimento D19(2-4), 545–552 (1997). [CrossRef]
22. K. M. Pavlov, T. E. Gureyev, D. Paganin, Y. I. Nesterets, M. J. Morgan, and R. A. Lewis, “Linear systems with slowly varying transfer functions and their application to x-ray phase-contrast imaging,” J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.37(19), 2746–2750 (2004). [CrossRef]
23. R. Tanuma and M. Ohsawa, “Submicron-resolved X-ray topography using asymmetric-reflection magnifiers,” Spectrochim. Acta, Part B59(10-11), 1549–1555 (2004). [CrossRef]
24. P. C. Diemoz, P. Coan, I. Zanette, A. Bravin, S. Lang, C. Glaser, and T. Weitkamp, “A simplified approach for computed tomography with an X-ray grating interferometer,” Opt. Express19(3), 1691–1698 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
25. A. L. Evans, The Evaluation of Medical Images (Adam Hilger Ltd, Bristol, 1981).
26. F. Arfelli, V. Bonvicini, A. Bravin, G. Cantatore, E. Castelli, L. Dalla Palma, M. Di Michiel, R. Longo, A. Olivo, S. Pani, D. Pontoni, P. Poropat, M. Prest, A. Rashevsky, G. Tromba, and A. Vacchi, “Mammography of a phantom and breast tissue with synchrotron radiation and a linear-array silicon detector,” Radiology208(3), 709–715 (1998). [PubMed]
27. S. Webb, The Physics of Medical Imaging (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 1988).
28. J. M. Boone, K. K. Lindfors, V. N. Cooper, and J. A. Seibert, “Scatter/primary in mammography: comprehensive results,” Med. Phys.27(10), 2408–2416 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
29. J. Persliden and G. A. Carlsson, “Scatter rejection by air gaps in diagnostic radiology. Calculations using a Monte Carlo collision density method and consideration of molecular interference in coherent scattering,” Phys. Med. Biol.42(1), 155–175 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
30. M. Sanchez del Rio, C. Ferrero, and V. Mocella, “Computer simulations of bent perfect crystal diffraction profiles,” Proc. SPIE3152, 312–323 (1997), http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/TBS/ SciSoft/xop2.3 . [CrossRef]
31. T. Matsushita and H. Hashizume, “X-Ray monochromators,” in Handbook on Synchrotron Radiation, E. Koch, ed. (North Holland Publishing Company, New York, 1983), pp. 261–314.

Acta Crystallogr. A

• Y. I. Nesterets, P. Coan, T. E. Gureyev, A. Bravin, P. Cloetens, and S. W. Wilkins, “On qualitative and quantitative analysis in analyser-based imaging,” Acta Crystallogr. A62(4), 296–308 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Opt.

• A. Olivo, K. Ignatyev, P. R. T. Munro, and R. D. Speller, “Noninterferometric phase-contrast images obtained with incoherent x-ray sources,” Appl. Opt.50(12), 1765–1769 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• U. Bonse and M. Hart, “An X-ray interferometer,” Appl. Phys. Lett.6(8), 155–156 (1965). [CrossRef]
• C. David, B. Nöhammer, H. Solak, and E. Ziegler, “Differential X-ray phase contrast imaging using a shearing interferometer,” Appl. Phys. Lett.81(17), 3287–3289 (2002). [CrossRef]

Invest. Radiol.

• P. Coan, F. Bamberg, P. C. Diemoz, A. Bravin, K. Timpert, E. Mützel, J. G. Raya, S. Adam-Neumair, M. F. Reiser, and C. Glaser, “Characterization of osteoarthritic and normal human patella cartilage by computed tomography X-ray phase-contrast imaging: a feasibility study,” Invest. Radiol.45(7), 437–444 (2010). [PubMed]

J. Opt. Soc. Am.

• M. R. Teague, “Irradiance moments - their propagation and use for unique retrieval of phase,” J. Opt. Soc. Am.72(9), 1199–1209 (1982). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.

• A. Bravin, “Exploiting the X-ray refraction contrast with an analyser: the state of the art,” J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.36(10A), A24–A29 (2003). [CrossRef]
• K. M. Pavlov, T. E. Gureyev, D. Paganin, Y. I. Nesterets, M. J. Morgan, and R. A. Lewis, “Linear systems with slowly varying transfer functions and their application to x-ray phase-contrast imaging,” J. Phys. D Appl. Phys.37(19), 2746–2750 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. R. Soc. Interface

• G. Schulz, T. Weitkamp, I. Zanette, F. Pfeiffer, F. Beckmann, C. David, S. Rutishauser, E. Reznikova, and B. Mueller, “High-resolution tomographic imaging of a human cerebellum: comparison of absorption and grating-based phase contrast,” J. R. Soc. Interface7(53), 1665–1676 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

J. Synchrotron Radiat.

• P. Coan, E. Pagot, S. Fiedler, P. Cloetens, J. Baruchel, and A. Bravin, “Phase-contrast X-ray imaging combining free space propagation and Bragg diffraction,” J. Synchrotron Radiat.12(2), 241–245 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Krist. Tech.

• E. Förster, K. Goetz, and P. Zaumseil, “Double crystal diffractometry for the characterization of targets for laser fusion experiments,” Krist. Tech.15(8), 937–945 (1980). [CrossRef]

Med. Phys.

• J. M. Boone, K. K. Lindfors, V. N. Cooper, and J. A. Seibert, “Scatter/primary in mammography: comprehensive results,” Med. Phys.27(10), 2408–2416 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nat. Med.

• A. Momose, T. Takeda, Y. Itai, and K. Hirano, “Phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography for observing biological soft tissues,” Nat. Med.2(4), 473–475 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nat. Phys.

• F. Pfeiffer, T. Weitkamp, O. Bunk, and C. David, “Phase retrieval and differential phase-contrast imaging with low-brilliance X-ray sources,” Nat. Phys.2(4), 258–261 (2006). [CrossRef]

Nature

• S. W. Wilkins, T. E. Gureyev, D. Gao, A. Pogany, and A. W. Stevenson, “Phase-contrast imaging using polychromatic hard X-rays,” Nature384(6607), 335–338 (1996). [CrossRef]

Nuovo Cimento D

• T. E. Gureyev and S. W. Wilkins, “Regimes of X-ray phase-contrast imaging with perfect crystals,” Nuovo Cimento D19(2-4), 545–552 (1997). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• P. C. Diemoz, P. Coan, I. Zanette, A. Bravin, S. Lang, C. Glaser, and T. Weitkamp, “A simplified approach for computed tomography with an X-ray grating interferometer,” Opt. Express19(3), 1691–1698 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• T. Weitkamp, A. Diaz, C. David, F. Pfeiffer, M. Stampanoni, P. Cloetens, and E. Ziegler, “X-ray phase imaging with a grating interferometer,” Opt. Express13(16), 6296–6304 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• T. E. Gureyev, Y. I. Nesterets, A. W. Stevenson, P. R. Miller, A. Pogany, and S. W. Wilkins, “Some simple rules for contrast, signal-to-noise and resolution in in-line x-ray phase-contrast imaging,” Opt. Express16(5), 3223–3241 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Med. Biol.

• E. Pagot, S. Fiedler, P. Cloetens, A. Bravin, P. Coan, K. Fezzaa, J. Baruchel, J. Härtwig, K. von Smitten, M. Leidenius, M. L. Karjalainen-Lindsberg, and J. Keyriläinen, “Quantitative comparison between two phase contrast techniques: diffraction enhanced imaging and phase propagation imaging,” Phys. Med. Biol.50(4), 709–724 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• D. Chapman, W. Thomlinson, R. E. Johnston, D. Washburn, E. Pisano, N. Gmur, Z. Zhong, R. Menk, F. Arfelli, and D. Sayers, “Diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging,” Phys. Med. Biol.42(11), 2015–2025 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. Persliden and G. A. Carlsson, “Scatter rejection by air gaps in diagnostic radiology. Calculations using a Monte Carlo collision density method and consideration of molecular interference in coherent scattering,” Phys. Med. Biol.42(1), 155–175 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. SPIE

• M. Sanchez del Rio, C. Ferrero, and V. Mocella, “Computer simulations of bent perfect crystal diffraction profiles,” Proc. SPIE3152, 312–323 (1997), http://www.esrf.eu/UsersAndScience/Experiments/TBS/ SciSoft/xop2.3 . [CrossRef]

Radiology

• F. Arfelli, V. Bonvicini, A. Bravin, G. Cantatore, E. Castelli, L. Dalla Palma, M. Di Michiel, R. Longo, A. Olivo, S. Pani, D. Pontoni, P. Poropat, M. Prest, A. Rashevsky, G. Tromba, and A. Vacchi, “Mammography of a phantom and breast tissue with synchrotron radiation and a linear-array silicon detector,” Radiology208(3), 709–715 (1998). [PubMed]
• E. Castelli, M. Tonutti, F. Arfelli, R. Longo, E. Quaia, L. Rigon, D. Sanabor, F. Zanconati, D. Dreossi, A. Abrami, E. Quai, P. Bregant, K. Casarin, V. Chenda, R. H. Menk, T. Rokvic, A. Vascotto, G. Tromba, and M. A. Cova, “Mammography with synchrotron radiation: first clinical experience with phase-detection technique,” Radiology259(3), 684–694 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Rev. Sci. Instrum.

• A. Snigirev, I. Snigireva, V. Kohn, S. Kuznetsov, and I. Schelokov, “On the possibility of x-ray phase contrast microimaging by coherent high-energy synchrotron radiation,” Rev. Sci. Instrum.66(12), 5486–5492 (1995). [CrossRef]

Spectrochim. Acta, Part B

• R. Tanuma and M. Ohsawa, “Submicron-resolved X-ray topography using asymmetric-reflection magnifiers,” Spectrochim. Acta, Part B59(10-11), 1549–1555 (2004). [CrossRef]

Other

• S. Webb, The Physics of Medical Imaging (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 1988).
• A. L. Evans, The Evaluation of Medical Images (Adam Hilger Ltd, Bristol, 1981).
• T. Matsushita and H. Hashizume, “X-Ray monochromators,” in Handbook on Synchrotron Radiation, E. Koch, ed. (North Holland Publishing Company, New York, 1983), pp. 261–314.
• M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999).

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